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Necturus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37356	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37356

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Proteidae : Necturus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Temnospondyli
-	Lissamphibia
-	Batrachia
-	Caudata
family	Urodela
family	Proteidae	Hogg 1838
genus	Necturus	Rafinesque

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Necturus	genus	belongs to Proteidae	stated with evidence	Cope, 1875
Necturus	genus	belongs to Proteidae	stated without evidence	Lynch, 1965
Necturus	genus	belongs to Proteidae	stated with evidence	Naylor, 1978
Necturus	genus	belongs to Proteidae	stated without evidence	Estes, 1981
Necturus	genus	belongs to Proteidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Necturus	genus	belongs to Proteidae	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996
Necturus	genus	belongs to Proteidae	stated with evidence	DeMar, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (86%)

First Recorded Appearance

61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)

Diet

carnivore (based on Temnospondyli)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Necturus alabamensis species	listed (PBDB)	Alabama Waterdog			0 Ma Extant
Necturus beyeri species	listed (PBDB)	Gulf Coast Waterdog			0 Ma Extant
Necturus krausei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	61.7 Ma Paleocene	61.7 Ma Paleocene
Necturus lewisi species	listed (PBDB)	Neuse River Wtaerdog			0 Ma Extant
Necturus maculosus species	listed (PBDB)	Mudpuppy			0 Ma Extant
Necturus punctatus species	listed (PBDB)	Dwarf Waterdog			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1875	Necturus Cope p. 24
1965	Necturus Lynch p. 73
1978	Necturus Naylor p. 566
1981	Necturus Estes
1988	Necturus Carroll
1996	Necturus Frank and Ramus
2013	Necturus DeMar, Jr.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109

Lynch J. D. (1965) The Pleistocene amphibians of Pit II, Arredondo, Florida, Copeia 1965 1, 72-77

Naylor B. G. (1978) The earliest known Necturus (Amphibia, Urodela), from the Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan, Journal of Herpetology 12 4, 565-569

Estes R. (1981) , Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 2. Gymnophiona, Caudata. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xv-115

Frank N., Ramus E. (1996) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, 1-377

DeMar, Jr. D. G. (2013) A new fossil salamander (Caudata, Proteidae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation, Montana, U.S.A., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3, 588-598

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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